MRI

Scientists at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., say they have discovered a protocol that could lead to a hundred-fold increase in MRI speed.

The Echelon Oval has a patient-shaped design, resulting in a 74-cm oval bore - the widest in the industry, the company said.

If a patients shows strong response to images of food (or sex) in an fMRI, they are more likely to gain weight (or have more sex) in coming months, say researchers.

Technique based on whole-brain tractography may predict progress of certain dementias, such as Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.

Imaging reveals grid-like pattern in fiber architecture of the brain - "an important, fundamental discovery." Mapping brain pathways opens doors to better studying brain dynamics and mental health issues.

Adding MRI to breast cancer screening is expensive but may be cost effective for women with a family history of breast cancer - even if they don’t have the BRCA1/2 gene mutation, researchers found.

The addition of two MRI sequences to a common MR angiography technique significantly improves detection of pulmonary embolism and only takes 15 minutes to set up and perform.

MRI is effective in measuring abnormal femoral antetorsion, or in-toeing, and the images can then be used in treatment planning for patients with femoroacetabular impingement.

MRI findings show that astronauts exposed to zero gravity for prolonged periods can develop brain and eye abnormalities.

Radiology and imaging specialists Mukesh Harisinghani, MD, Frank Miller, MD, and David Casalino, MD, discuss an advanced image analysis technology, and the role of prostate MRI in cancer detection, localization, staging, treatment planning and serial monitoring.

Osman Ratib, MD, PhD, FAHA, professor and chief of nuclear medicine in the Department of Radiology at the University Hospital of Geneva, discusses the advantages and future of the hybrid PET/MR modality.

With the Magnetom Spectra, Siemens Healthcare plans to make 3-Tesla MRI technology more readily available to smaller and mid-size practices and imaging centers.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated changes in brain function and cognitive performance in patients with relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis following a cognitive rehabilitation program.

Diffusion tensor imaging, an MRI technique, showed that significant differences in the brains of high-risk children who go on to develop autism can be seen before symptoms appear.

Diffusion-weighted MRI is the most effective MRI technique to detect and evaluate patient response to platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for late-state ovarian cancer.

ACR has joined AdMeTech Foundation and the European Society of Urogenital Radiologists to develop standards for the MR Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System.

Using magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) researchers found a reduction in contrast enhancing lesions, possibly inducing remyelination.

Steven Kalkanis, MD, director of neurosurgical oncology at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital, discusses how an MRI unit in the operating suite has transformed their approach to brain surgery.

Pamela Woodard, MD, of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses the challenges and benefits of being an early adopter of this technology.

A new magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique provides a definitive diagnosis of brain cancer based on imaging of a protein associated with a mutated gene.

Preoperative MRI helps surgeons make better decisions about nerve-sparing procedures in men with prostate cancer, according to a study in the journal Radiology.

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Tel Aviv University have built a tiny pill camera that would be powered and maneuvered by MRI.

Magnetic resonance imaging can help quantify the loss of gray matter in childhood-onset schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychoses, possibly helping diagnose the cases to become more serious.

Cardiovascular MRI beats SPECT in diagnosing heart disease, according to the authors of a major British study published online on Dec. 23 in The Lancet.

University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed an experimental MRI contrast agent capable of targeting tumors, according to a report in the journal ACS Nano. Its coating, instead of targeting particular cancer receptors - which can be hit-or-miss and depend on the cancer - is attracted to the acidic environments in which tumors generally thrive.